WHO advises Botswana to bridge health care access gap
Thursday, October 05, 2017

WHO regional director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti. PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES
This approach, Moeti said, could improve the quality of health care rendered to these populations, since they are hard to reach through conventional healthcare means. However, she said effective collaborations with civil society organisations that have a direct working relationship with minority populations such as sex workers, drug users and the LGBT community could address the access issues bedeviling these groups.
Speaking at an official dinner hosted by the health ministry on Tuesday, Moeti said her remarks were motivated by a visit to the Botswana Family Welfare Association (BOFWA) where the struggles of minority groups in terms of health care access were plain to see.
Botswana for the longest time was known for her virulent peace with family being an enviable institution.As the media, we are also scared to be incessantly reporting on these bloody scenes where women are brutally murdered and worse, sometimes in front of their children and loved ones. Yes, we have reported cases where men were also brutally murdered by their loved ones, but such cases are a drop in the ocean.For the past two weeks, Botswana was...